Maduranthakam railway station

Mathuranthakam மதுராந்தகம்
Indian Railway Station
Location	SH 117, Maduranthakam, Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu[1] India
Coordinates	12°30′16″N 79°53′36″E / 12.5044°N 79.8933°ECoordinates: 12°30′16″N 79°53′36″E / 12.5044°N 79.8933°E
Elevation	31 metres (102 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Southern Railway zone
Line(s)	Chennai - Viluppuram line
Platforms	2
Connections	Auto rickshaw, Taxi
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	MMK
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	Chennai
Electrified	Yes

Maduranthakam railway station is a railway station in Maduranthakam, a municipal town and a taluk headquarters in the Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu, India. It belongs to the Chennai railway division and is officially coded as MMK. The station is one of the major stations on the South line of the Chennai Suburban Railway and handles both regular and suburban traffic. It is connected to several parts of South India namely Chennai, Thoothukudi, Salem, Puducherry, Thiruvananthapuram etc.

All passenger and local trains have a halt at the station while only a few express trains halt here, with most of the remainder express services halting at Melmaruvathur railway station instead, which is situated 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away and is also within Madurantakam taluk.^[2]

References

1. "Madurantakam railway station". Indiarailinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
2. "Melmaruvathur railway station". Indiarailinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2014.